title: The Switch Back Ross Operation: Report of Two Cases With Good Medium-to-Long-Term Follow-Up.
abstract: Submitted July 20, 2011; Accepted October 6, 2011. Neoaortic root dilatation and neoaortic valve regurgitation following the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries may ultimately require neoaortic root and/or neoaortic valve surgery. The ideal surgical approach to these lesions remains debatable. Hazekamp et al, in 1997, introduced the replacement of the neoaortic root by the neopulmonary autograft and named this procedure the switch back Ross operation. We report two patients who were successfully treated at our institution with the switch back Ross operation, with good results at, respectively, four- and five-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas - Campus da USP Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Cesar Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Jyrson Guilherme
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Klamt
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Manso
authors.forename: Oswaldo Cesar Almeida
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Carlotti
authors.forename: Lidiane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arantes
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haddad
keywords: Ross operation; aortic valve; arterial switch operation; autograft; heart valve; replacement